Redefining Disability: The Accessible Artist Exhibition  

The Brookfield Craft Center will be presenting The Accessible Artist gallery exhibition, guest curated by Danielle Ellie Nielsen from Saturday, June 15th to Sunday, July 14th, with an artist reception on June 22nd.

This exhibition showcases work from artists who have any type of disability whether that be physical, mental, developmental, psychological, or otherwise invisible. The Accessible Artist showcases more than thirty pieces of work with over twenty artists, who share their art and fine craft that, by nature, speaks of or to the experience of the artist’s disability.

The Accessible Artist exhibition is a long-aspired first for curator Danielle Ellie Nielsen, a low-support needs autistic neurodivergent artist. Fueled by her own experiences and observations of the lack of support for disabled individuals, Nielsen reflects how “the word disabled has too often been used to reflect insignificance. A person’s worth is not defined by their inability to perform at the stereotypical and predefined standards of society. Disability doesn’t equal inability. I want this exhibition to be a step forward to show people we are so much more than a diagnosis.”